Livestock Production Threatened by HIV/AIDS
GLOBE – Not only is AIDS taking a dramatic toll on human lives but livestock production, a main income earner for rural households, is also being threatened in the most affected countries, FAO warned today.

Sharing H5N1 Viruses to Stop a Global Influenza Pandemic
GLOBE - Although the threat of pandemic influenza, spawned by continuing avian influenza A (H5N1) epidemics, has dropped off the front pages, concern among experts continues to grow, writes Laurie Garrett and David P. Fidler in PLoSmediceine.

In Search Of An Answer To A Global Pandemic
GLOBAL - The politically explosive issue of ensuring everyone benefits from vaccines in the event of an influenza pandemic is the subject of a negotiation underway at the World Health Organization this week.

A Real Cash Flow: Why Food Production Is Big News
GLOBE - Monday found your Penny Sleuth attending a presentation by Carr’s Milling in the City. Around the table sat a collection of private client fund managers who were, of course draining their wine glasses at maximum speed in order to anaesthetize...

Hybro Appoints New Manager Technical Service
GLOBE - Mr. Hermann Klein-Hessling has joined Hybro B.V. as Manager Technical Service from November 1, 2007 onwards.

Rebrand And Management Boost For Natural Additives Specialist
GLOBE - Following Kiotech International’s acquisition of Agil at the end of 2006, the company has rebranded to become Kiotechagil. The move reflects the union of expertise in both companies across the three key meat production sector - poultry, pig and...

Demand for Animal Products May Double in 20 years
GLOBE - As the world's population grows, the need to ensure food safety from farms to fork has become a major international concern, with most of the attention focused on livestock. Producer Zulima Palacio talked to some of the world authorities in this...

World Of Opportunities For Eggs
GLOBE - World Egg Day is a unique day when countries around the world celebrate eggs and promote egg consumption.

Additional Expertise For Danisco Animal Nutrition
GENERAL - With pig and poultry producers desperate for nutritional solutions to help offset rising feed costs, Andrew is excited by the opportunity to highlight the savings to be made by harnessing the latest developments in enzyme and betaine techno...

Cobb 700 Broiler Sets New Standard For High Yield
GLOBE - The latest breed from Cobb — the Cobb 700 broiler breeder — is aimed at the rapidly expanding demand for breast meat for premium value-added products.

Space Bugs Become More Dangerous
SPACE - Scientists have shown how bacteria in space can gain virulence. When Salmonella typhimurium food bugs were flown in special flasks on the shuttle, they were found to alter the way they expressed 167 genes.

Food, Livestock, Energy, Climate, And Health
GLOBE - Food provides energy and nutrients, and its acquisition requires the expenditure of energy. In post-hunter-gatherer societies, with progressively increasing inputs of extra-somatic energy, the scale of catching, gathering, and producing food has...

ILDEX And The Emerging Opportunity In Asia
ASIA - NEO has strengthened its 'Triangle Opportunity Concept' following a launch the 2nd edition of ILDEX India, making ILDEX - - the international livestock and dairy events that link three Asia's emerging livestock countries together with international...

Michael Longley Joins Aviagen's Technical Services Team
GLOBE - Aviagen, the world's leading poultry breeding company, have appointed Michael Longley to join the Technical Services Team.

A ‘Livestock Meltdown’
GLOBE - A ‘livestock meltdown’ is occurring as hardy African, Asian, and Latin American farm animals face extinction